ComBank’s IPG service adds muscle to Keells Food Products’ online retail brand
As online shopping gains in volume and width of offering, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon, one of the biggest facilitators of e-commerce in Sri Lanka, has announced its appointment as the Internet Payment Gateway (IPG) service provider to one of the country’s leading retailers of processed meat products.
‘Meat House’ the online meat store of Keells Krest and Elephant House, a fully owned platform of Keells Food Products PLC (KFPL) is the latest IPG client of the Commercial Bank, enabling customers to buy both fresh and processed meat items online. The main USP of the platform is that all orders will be delivered directly from the KFPL factory at no added costs, ensuring freshness, safety and convenience to all customers.
The service will cover the authorisation of Credit and Debit cards, and processing of direct payments through Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay branded cards, giving KFPL customers the opportunity to buy all forms of fresh meat, sausages, meatballs and crumbed savouries from the comfort of their homes.
The online payment processing of www.meathouse.lk will be facilitated by Commercial Bank and provided through Mastercard Payment Gateway Services (MPGS) which is fully-compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) requirements. It is a fully secured e-commerce solution as merchants are provided with ‘server-hosted pages’ whereby card details are processed on the Payment Server securely and not at the merchant’s end.
With social distancing still in place at varied levels, the online meat store is a convenient alternative to standing in queues at local markets or supermarkets, as it facilitates secure online purchases, and promotes safe practices on the physical level as well in cyberspace, the Bank said.
Commercial Bank’s IPG solution provides access to a comprehensive set of fraud mitigation tools, supporting both ‘Mastercard Secure Code’ and ‘Verified by Visa’ 3D secure authentication solutions while having the fully automated process to handle ComBank Easy Payment Plans (EPP), enabling card-on-file transactions through tokenisation, keeping the buyer’s sensitive card details away from the merchant’s systems. It provides integration options to systems on multiple languages such as PHP, Java and C Sharp and supports device-optimised payment screens which are designed to offer a seamless experience to users of various devices.
‘Meat House’ is a fully-owned online platform of Keells Food Products PLC and is backed by over three decades of experience in the meat industry.
Established in 1983, Keells Food Products has been committed to providing meat products of the highest quality in its freshest form under the main brands, Keells Krest and Elephant House. Keells Foods was also the first in the industry to be awarded SLS certification for quality of products and processes.
Currently orders made on www.meathouse.lk will be delivered to Colombo 1-15, as well as Angoda, Athurugiriya, Battaramulla, Boralesgamuwa, Dehiwala, Ethul-Kotte, Gampaha, Homagama, Ja-Ela, Kadawatha, Kaduwela, Kalubowila, Kandana, Katunayake, Kelaniya, Kesbewa, Kiribathgoda, Kohuwala, Kotikawatta, Kottawa, Maharagama, Malabe, Moratuwa, Mount Lavinia, Nawala, Negombo, Nugegoda, Pannipitiya, Pelawatta, Peliyagoda, Piliyandala, Pita-Kotte, Ragama, Rajagiriya, Ratmalana, Seeduwa, Talawatugoda, Wattala, Wellampitiya, and Wijerama.
In the spirit of empowering local businesses to reap the benefits of e-commerce, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently launched ‘ComBank Simple Pay’ a revolutionary platform that enables SME entrepreneurs to digitise their businesses. The platform provides local entrepreneurs the opportunity to create their own online store without spending large sums on web development and designing. They can also sell products, accept electronic payments and significantly enhance their business opportunities with ‘ComBank Simple Pay.’
The first Sri Lankan Bank to be listed among the Top 1000 Banks of the World and the only Sri Lankan bank to be so listed for nine years consecutively, Commercial Bank is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The Bank, which won more than 50 international and local awards in 2019, operates a network of 268 branches and 865 ATMs in Sri Lanka.
Commercial Bank’s overseas operations encompass Bangladesh, where the Bank operates 19 outlets; Myanmar, where it has a Representative Office in Yangon and a Microfinance company in Nay Pyi Taw; and the Maldives, where the Bank has a fully-fledged Tier I Bank with a majority stake.
